From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains live.

Thank you. and this is Heritage Explains live. Walking the streets of your favorite city, bright lights, big city, hitting you to the core.

And then you realize it's not as safe as it was just five years ago.

Well, with the rise of rogue prosecutors all over this country and their version of law and order,

or lack thereof, we are all experiencing the increase of crime around this country and in our big

cities. Also, don't forget the southern border. With the Biden administration's lack of care

and failure in enforcing the laws on the books, the increase of crime is devastating as well.

And folks, we know you're feeling it too.

And that's why we had our friend Zach Smith on Heritage Explains Live

to talk about why this is a top issue that people are concerned about this election season.

We're going to talk about the cause, of course.

But we're also going to talk about the cause, of course, but we're also going to talk about the

solutions on this episode. So Tim Kennedy, roll that tape. Okay, Heritage Explains is live, and we are

kicking on this Friday afternoon, Zach. My name is Tim Desher, and I am joined today here.

My good buddy, Zach Smith, he's our big wig in the legal shop here.

Nobody ever accuses me of that, Tim, but I appreciate it. I appreciate it.

Sorry, I don't know what bigwig means, you know. It's just what it is. But, I mean, you do. You know the ins and outs of crime and law enforcement. And that's why you're here today, Zach. Well, I appreciate it. You know, there's certainly a lot to talk about in that area right now, unfortunately. Yeah, exactly. But, but we're doing it. And I just wanted to kind of set the stage a little bit here, Zach, if you want. So a recent Monmouth poll shows that crime is topping the concerns of course of voters this election season.

And like you said, there's no question, no question about it, you know, walking the streets here in

D.C. up in New York, Chicago, Baltimore, it's not as safe as it was. Even five years ago.

Families are being torn apart because just rampant violence

and drug use and just crime in general. And, you know, you kind of, you kind of wait for a

Superman or a Batman to save the day. But we're in a position where, you know, leftist ideology

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